WCAX3: Stefanik pressures governor for North Country FEMA money

July 21, 2023 By WCAX News Team WASHINGTON (WCAX) – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is still trying to get New York’s North Country more money post-flooding. The Republican sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul requesting all North Country and upstate New York counties affected by flooding be included in the state’s disaster declaration and that the […]

SPECTRUM NEWS 1: Stefanik wants wider emergency declaration for North Country

July 20, 2023 By Nick Reisman All upstate counties affected by the recent flooding should be included in a disaster declaration in order to access federal assistance, Rep. Elise Stefanik wrote Wednesday in a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul. A swath of destruction in parts of New York created by recent flooding due to heavy […]

JUST THE NEWS: Stefanik says government illegally censored Hunter Biden laptop story to protect Joe Biden

Three witnesses agreed with Stefanik that the government censorship constitutes election interference. July 20, 2023 By Madeleine Hubbard   Rep. Elise Stefanik on Thursday said that the government’s efforts to coerce social media companies into censoring the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop of corruption before the 2020 election constituted a form of “illegal government censorship […]

SUN COMMUNITY: Stefanik urges Hochul to update state’s FEMA declaration

July 20, 2023 By News Report   WASHINGTON, D.C. | Congresswoman Stefanik sent a letter to Go. Hochul requesting she fully include all North Country and Upstate New York counties that were impacted in recent storms in her disaster declaration to FEMA. Currently, New York State’s emergency declarations do not include the full extent of […]

FOX NEWS: Stefanik– ‘Not a coincidence’ Jack Smith targets Trump same week as IRS whistleblower hearing on Hunter Biden

House Republican Conference Rep. Elise Stefanik condemns ‘weaponization of the Department of Justice to go after Joe Biden’s top political opponent’ July 19, 2023 By Danielle Wallace   House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Wednesday said it is “not a coincidence” Special Counsel Jack Smith is targeting former President Donald Trump the […]

SPECTRUM NEWS 1: Stefanik- Improve pension benefits access for veterans

July 12, 2023 By Nick Reisman   Access to pension benefits administered by the Veterans Administration could be improved under legislation proposed Wednesday by Rep. Elise Stefanik. The measure is meant to strengthen the issuing process for benefits when they are impacted by the death of a beneficiary and ensure veterans receive their accrued pension […]

SUN COMMUNITY NEWS: Stefanik, Kim introduce bipartisan bill protecting vets’ benefits

July 12, 2023 By News Report   WASHINGTON, D.C. | Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Congressman Andy Kim (D-NJ) have introduced the Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the process of issuing pension benefits payments administered by the VA. Stefanik introduced this legislation after working with Charles Peltz, whose father, World War […]

ADIRONDACK DAILY ENTERPRISE: Stefanik seeks public/private job training partnership

July 10, 2023 By Maury Thompson Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, wants to expand public/private collaboration in workforce training. Only 125,000 unemployed adults and laid-off workers per year are now completing federal employment training programs, and only one-third of those are employed in a related field six months after completion, Stefanik said in a news release […]